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"Artists draw tattoos directly on their customers freehand and if they do that it..."

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Most of the time a tattoo artist makes a stencil with a machine called a thermal fax. They draw out your tattoo on a piece of paper (usually in pencil in case they screw up and have to erase parts) and then run it through the thermal fax. The stencil is transferred onto your skin. It is similar to carbon copy paper.

Some tattoo artists draw tattoos directly on their customers freehand and if they do that it is usually with a regular ole` Sharpie. They have to wipe your tattoo down periodically throughout the process and sharpie holds up better to repeated wipes (sometimes with rubbing alcohol) than a regular pen would.

edited to add: some tattoo artists might use surgical markers. If you have ever seen a piercer use a little marker to make a dot on someone (usually purple) before they do a piercing it is the same thing. Those markers are one-time use and sterile, they are often ordered from medical supply companies.

"Fine unless your are chugging ink or drawing excessively near an open sore..."

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I`ve been drawing on my arm for two years now with Sharpies, Mark Its, and a variety of other things. I was told millions of times by other kids that I was going to get cancer or something. I got so tired of this that I finally did some research. You will be perfectly fine unless your are chugging ink or drawing excessively near an open sore. If 1oz. of ink has entered into your bloodstream then you will get ink poisining, sounds deadly, right? It`s not. Even if you DO get ink poisining, you will only get a headache and an upset stomach. As for cancer, the two aren`t related in the least. If you draw on yourself quite often, slight skin discoloration may occur. My skin started looking a little transparent, but give it some time, you`re always making new skin cells. So basically don`t drink ink, don`t draw near open sores, and drawing on yourself with Sharpies of perfectly fine!

Someone said: whoever said it was not safe...should be smacked.....its totally fine they use the same exact ink to give people legit tattoos in the most respectable tattoo shops as the ink in a bic pen....you need to do your research...

Someone said: It's been proven, you would have to coat your whole body at least 20 times in pure ink for there to be even the slightest chance of "infection" even then it's a pretty slime chance you would be harmed.

Someone said: ink poisoning is a myth, you would have to ingest the ink of several sharpies to begin to start feeling slightly sick. people don't "absorb" toxins through their skin, we're not frogs. The reason we have skin is to keep toxins out.

Someone said: Dudes the ink doesnt dissapear randomly, it is absorbed by the skin, introducing the toxines to your body; I reccomend to wash your skin inmediatly after you draw on it and not wait too long or just simply dont do it

Someone said: ^^^^ Why yes, you are right, the ink does not disappear randomly, but its not all sucked up by your body either... Your skin is a living breathing barrier- to keep the bad stuff out- that is what it is designed to do. The ink breaks down with soap and water and gets rinsed down the drain, it get sloughed off with the top layers of skin when you scrub/exfoliate and as you go about your daily activities. I'm sure minute amounts of toxins are absorbed, but no more than your lungs bring in on an average morning commute.

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